frühkindlichen
Translation
early childhood, infantile
Examples
Die Ursachen liegen in der frühkindlichen Phase.
The causes lie in the early childhood phase.
Wir sprechen über den frühkindlichen Spracherwerb.
We are talking about early childhood language acquisition.
Grammar Patterns
((Adjective)) + ((Noun)) early childhood ~ The importance of early childhood education is great.
Similar Words
Synonyms: infantile; Antonyms: jugendlich (adolescent), erwachsen (adult)
Etymology
An inflected form of the adjective 'frühkindlich', which is composed of 'früh' (early) and 'kindlich' (childlike).
Memory Tips
This is a declined form of 'frühkindlich'. The '-en' ending for adjectives is extremely common in German across many grammatical cases.